Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.
While Canadians are, with good reason, asking themselves serious questions about the blood supply system, the minister told the Canadian press that the reason Canadian standards are not as stringent as those in effect in the U.S. is that Canadian donors are volunteers.
How can the minister make such irresponsible comments when the tainted blood scandal of the early 1980s occurred under the volunteer donor system?